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Facing a difficult situation? Here’s the one question to ask yourself
Jasmina is a senior leader in a large government enterprise. COVID has been challenging, the work feels unrelenting, and now a significant restructure has been announced that may result in job losses. She is holding off overwhelm (only just), and here’s her strategy....
How to identify causes of distance in your team
One of the biggest challenges currently facing leaders is effective leadership of virtual teams and virtual organisations. With people working from home and snap lockdowns being the current reality in Australian life, this is something I am often asked. It’s easy to...
Omission or Commission
Thursday marks the first day of Financial Year 2022. Happy New Financial Year! As you reflect on FY2021, what do you regret? The things you did? Or the things you didn’t do? The conversations you had? Or the conversations you didn’t have? Adam Grant, in ‘Originals’,...
7 small ways to show courage in your leadership
One of my favourite TV programs recently has been ‘Old People’s Home For 4 Year Olds’. It’s part-documentary, part-reality TV following a social experiment bringing older people and 4-year-olds together in a structured learning environment for ‘learning, connection...
Why you need to communicate more than you think
It’s an important change initiative. As a leadership team you have discussed it from all angles and are ready to implement. You communicate the vision and the plan to the rest of the organisation with passion, and then follow up with supporting messages over the...
What I learned in May from breaking 7 bones
May 1 was a normal Saturday… I was horse riding with my daughters late in the afternoon when things went horribly wrong. The horse took off, did a few crazy swerves and I fell, landing heavily on my left shoulder. Lying awkwardly on the ground, I tried to assess...
The current TRUST opportunity
We don’t trust CEOs! Only 48% of Australian’s trust CEOs to ‘do what is right’, according to the 2021 Edelman Trust Barometer* measured in November 2020. (The good news is that this is up 9 points from the 2019 score of 39%.) Before you say ‘I could have guessed...
Is your decision making corrupted in one of these 3 ways?
We are all aware of the concept of bias, especially given the themes of gender and racial bias currently in the media. Have you ever stopped to think about many other ways that bias can impact your decision-making? Jasmine had given a lot of thought to the challenge...
One way to reengage your people and reconnect to your objectives
Many people are excited to come back to the office and work together with ‘real’ people for at least part of their working week. And for some teams this reconnection and reintegration is more challenging than expected. People have responded to the COVID19 world in so...
The ONE important question to ask yourself
Over the years, I have learned that as a trainer, one of my greatest skills is ‘state management’ – the ability to choose my emotional state based on what is needed by the group. This may not be the state I would be in ‘naturally’ in that moment. Can I give you a...